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Lucky and unlucky Scratch-off ticket numbersReply
I know that you haven't done very well on Winner Green, but it looks like it should be the closest thing you have to our Jingle Jumbo Bucks. They are both $10 tickets. We have top prizes of $750,000 instead of $250,000. Yours has 10 top prizes, while ours only has 5. You odds are 1 in 3.41, while ours are 1 in 2.74. We have 6 serial numbers , and 20 your numbers . Yours has 15 your numbers , and I don't know how many serial numbers . The jingle bell symbol is embedded in the play area of our gam
Dec 13, 2010, 7:59 pm - CarHauler - Instant ("Scratch-Off") Games Forum

A National Lottery During Our LifetimeReply
rdgrnr, Good research! joker17, That would be nice but I doubt anyone running a Pick 3 is going to pay true odds or even better than true odds. On top of all the losers, the gambling operators consider the disparity between what is paid on a bet and the true odds against winning that bet how they make money . True, Pass Line and Don't Pass odds on a crap game pay true odds, but you have to have a flat bet to take or lay the odds. Stack47, Excellent point about the taxes.
Oct 30, 2010, 10:37 am - Coin Toss - Lottery Discussion Forum

Fooled by RandomnessReply
Payoff odds are determine by he amount wagered. Wrong. Payoff AMOUNTS are determined by the amount wagered. The ODDS remain the same, no matter what you bet. ==================================================== If you are talking pick 3 - straight bets for $1 each the odds change by how many tickets you purchase or another way of saying that is by how much you bet. Since 1 ticket = $1.00. Buy 1 ticket/ Bet $1 - Odds are 1 in 1000 Buy 2 tickets/ Bet $2 - Odds are now 2 in 1000 or 1
Aug 29, 2010, 7:04 pm - truecritic - Lottery Systems Forum

Fooled by RandomnessReply
RL, If I begin with odds of 1 in 64 or if I play two patterns that gives 1 in 32 odds... You don't begin with odds of 1:64 when you throw out 936 possibilities; the odds are still 1:1000. Your fallacy in asserting 1:64 odds is based on the erroneous assumption that the probability is 1.0 that the winning number is NOT in the discarded set. Get it? ...then I think that my odds have improved. I don't think so. --Jimmy4164
Aug 11, 2010, 9:12 pm - jimmy4164 - Lottery Systems Forum

New California Lotto Player!! HELP PLEASE!Reply
Actually, I think there are a few simple strategies you can use.....mostly to keep you from losing money on tickets that don't have the same potential as others: 1) ALWAYS check the states website for overall odds on each ticket. All tickets are NOT created equal; even at the same price point. I play in PA quite often and if you look at the overall odds for some different games at the same price point, you'll find that there is sometimes a marginal difference in the overall odds. I say go to
May 25, 2010, 3:12 pm - DaveH3 - Instant ("Scratch-Off") Games Forum

A question about lotto system oddsReply
Such systems are called conditional meaning the odds are reduced when conditions are met and you lose when they are not, balances out. There are also scam systems/pools that claim they reduce your odds, they do not. Take a 6/49 game. The odds are 13.9 million to 1 meaning if you buy one ticket of 6 numbers it is 1 chance in 13.9 million. However, if you make a 12 number wheel, the odds of 6/49 winning numbers falling among 12 rather then 6 is 1 in 1 in 15,134 a considerable dif
Jan 9, 2010, 2:44 am - BobP - Lottery Discussion Forum

Spending too much on Lotto Tickets?Reply
Just my opinion that with odds of over 195,000,000 to 1 for PB, I would be wasting my money. I Just play a buck QP and hope I overcome the astronomical odds. When Florida finally got PB a few months ago, the local newspaper had an article that quoted a scientist who compared winning a JP with PB has the same odds of getting hit by a meteorite. I have a friend at work who plays about 40 to 60 bucks a week, mostly on Fantasy five, and he's always broke. I try to tell him about the odds, but
Jul 19, 2009, 12:41 pm - joker17 - Lottery Discussion Forum

I can get closer to a win doing just all ODD/EvensReply
First of all, I want to say thank you for such a great thread!! It is very informative and interesting. Here in Virginia, our CASH 5 is a game of 5/34 balls. Therefore, on days all ODD or EVEN hit our odds for 1 ticket is 1/6,199 compared to 1/278,000+ mixed combinations and they draw 2 times a day 7 days a week. However, our tickets only cost .25 cents a play. 3/5 pays $1.25 4/5 pays $25 but 5/5 pays $25,000! Back on the odds side of things... For example, when I play EVEN I can get
Nov 16, 2008, 4:31 pm - MADKAT - Pick 5 Forum

$85M sought for "defective" Virginia lottery ticketsReply
I agree with RJOh that it's the structure of the game. I would not call it fraud unless nobody won the top prizes. Up to means that even if you win, you might still get a smaller prize amount. I think most people who buy scratch tickets are aware when a game has been around for a long time. Still, that doesn't mean there isn't a nice prize still available. These aren't raffle tickets, they're scratch tickets. If there were no prizes at all left, then it would definitely be fraud. But the
Jul 1, 2008, 3:29 pm - justxploring - Lottery News

Mega lottery winner to stick with Ford, ex-wifeReply
Well, no, you're wrong about that. Using your argument, one can deduce that the odds are 1 in 175 million that ANYONE will win a drawing, because the odds do not increase as the number of purchased tickets increases. And we all know that the odds of someone winning in any drawing are NOT 1 in 175 million. They are 1 in 175 million divided by the number of tickets purchased. And if YOU buy more than one ticket, your odds of winning are similarly increased. Therefore, if you buy 10 tic
Apr 8, 2008, 9:12 am - Todd - Lottery News